<\/a><\/a><\/a>Well, not completely different–I was<\/em> on the Mississippi, and I did catch smallies, but the section was quite a bit different from what I’m used to.\u00a0 Just a week ago I was on a section of the Miss that was barely big enough to\u00a0navigate with my jon boat.\u00a0No worries on getting around down\u00a0here, and I actually\u00a0had to beware of 40 foot cruisers and even barges.<\/p>\n

I was on the section called “Pool 4”, this is the area from around Wabasha up to Red Wing.\u00a0 I went down there for a change of pace, and while on an exploratory trip you can’t really expect the fishing to be great, I had gleaned some intel from a friend to get me started.\u00a0 And I have been on this section before, but it was about 15 years ago and in the spring.<\/p>\n

I was hoping to get into some walleyes, but was open to catching anything.\u00a0 Turns out we caught a little of everything, except <\/em>for walleyes.\u00a0 Put a smallmouth guy on a body of water with smallies in it, and well I guess I just gravitate to any water that has a smallie look to it.<\/p>\n

Smallies were caught, as were largemouth, black crappie, white crappie, white bass, bluegill, pike, sauger, and sheephead.\u00a0 We mostly fished around the many wing dams in the area, and most fish were on the top or front side of the wing dam.\u00a0 What was the biggest surprise were the bluegills–they were big [9″ers], and they were hanging in surprisingly strong current.\u00a0 The bluegills were caught on bait, but most everything else was on jig\/plastic or crankbaits.<\/p>\n

Smallies were all sizes, from tiny to big– Sarah had top honors with a 19 1\/2″ that ate a white Moxie.\u00a0 This one ate during the middle of white bass clinic she was putting on–right in front of the oldest city in Minnesota–Read’s Landing.<\/p>\n

Fishing in the shadows of the big bluffs was a cool change of pace, and although I can’t say I prefer it to my home water on the Upper Mississippi, I know I will be back next year.<\/p>\n

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